this project is to capitalise on local heritage as an awareness
raising and action tool for a culture of peace.

This is a campaign that NGOs maintaining official
relations with

UNESCO launched in October 2002 in
their regional and national
networks. National members of international NGOs
are invited to
choose a local element of their tangible or
intangible cultural heritage
and build a project around this element.

The dissemination of such project in the entire
community of NGOscoincides also with the
decision of the UN General Assembly todeclare
2002 "United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage" and todesignate UNESCO as lead agency. UNESCO wishes in
particular topromote, throughout this UN
year, the discovery of cultural heritageas
a vector for dialogue, peace and reconciliation.

All theprojects stemming from this campaign
will constitute a network called
upon to interact at the international scale and
will give rise to a particular
event at the half-way point of the Decade (2005)
that will
feature the most remarkable initiatives to serve as
"good practices."